Friday, April 06, 2012

De-Boning A Shirt ---The Movie!

First off, I shouldn’t have removed it from my phone --- it would have been easier to send it straight to Youtube from the phone – but no—I thought I wanted it on the computer.

Okay – so I put it BACK on my phone….but now it wasn’t on my camera roll so I couldn’t upload it through youtube there.

I remembered I could upload using Windows Live, and that’s just what I did – but if you DO THIS, know that it will take more than an hour to upload a 7 minute video…and the whole time I was worried that I’d turn out SIDEWAYS when it finally posted because the rectangle viewer is sideways ---but…TADA!

So now I present to you: How to De-Bone a shirt, Quiltville style!

I really hate looking at myself on video, and I hate listening to my voice even more --- And I was trying to get this done quickly, so I think I’m talking fast-forward, but hopefully YOU will feel like you were there too!

Bonnie, that was wonderful. Thank you so much. I've been afraid to try it, but now I need to get to Goodwill and buy a couple of shirts. I think I will also steal one or two old shirts from my husband - hopefully, he'll never miss them!

Thanks Bonnie! Great video. You should see my cotton shirt collection :^) My son and husband go "shopping" in my laundry room where I have them washed and hanging on a rack until time to take apart for quilts.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for this video! Amazing! I'm a visual learner and this makes sense to me. The length of time of the video shows how little time it takes to do this. No wonder you're teacher of the year! :)

That's how I do it, but I ~love~ seeing you and I ~love~ your voice. ENORMOUS FUN! That was a blast. Thank you, Bonnie. I'm not quite as fast at it as you are, but I SO enjoy using shirts as you've taught.

This is so great. I wasn't able to attend your workshops in Moline due to a family illness. This made me feel as though I got to attend some of it at least. Really enjoyed hearing you and watching the shirt become a pile of usable fabric. Thanks

Great job, Bonnie. We used to do almost the same way, just didn't use to use the collars. We just wish if we had enough time for those magic stripey things but usually we use man's shirts for making kids trousers and sometimes skirts. I hope, you don't mind, if I put a link to this video in my tutorial of making a little skirt from a shirt's back. I put a link to your blog also.Regards from Hungary :o)

I love this video! I've watched it several times because I seem to forget about a few of the tricks you use doing it so every few months before I start in on a stack of shirts I try to rewatch it. Thank you so much for taking the time to make and upload the video.

Thank you a thousand times over!!! I have been searching high and wide for a good tutorial for "deboning" a men's shirt!! I have a huge box of my grandpa's shirts and have wanted to do something special with them (he passed away in 2009) but have been scared to pieces to cut them for fear of wasting them/ruining the fabric!! Thanks to your awesome tutorial, and awesome website, I am not quite so intimidated now!!! ;)